Another day, another film critics' organization caping for the same two movies in their year-end awards. The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once collectively dominate the nominations for the 2022 San Diego Film Critics Society awards, earning 11 nods each. Alongside them in the Best Picture category are The Fabelmans with eight mentions, and both Elvis and Tar with seven. There are some very welcome choices here, not least given that the SDFCS hasn't always been easy to rely on for quality picks - acting nominations for Regina Hall and Lashana Lynch, and a Best Cinematography mention for Sayombhu Mukdeeprom are excellent, unique selections. Winners will be announced on 6 January.
Best Picture
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Best Director
Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Todd Field (Tar)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Regina Hall (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.)
Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans)
Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nina Hoss (Tar)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Lashana Lynch (The Woman King)
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Mark Rylance (Bones and All)
Best Original Screenplay
Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu and Michael Reilly (Till)
Todd Field (Tar)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Seth Reiss and Will Tracy (The Menu)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Guillermo del Toro, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)
Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale)
David Kajganich (Bones and All)
Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews (Women Talking)
Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Ben Davis (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Janusz Kaminski (The Fabelmans)
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Thirteen Lives)
Linus Sandgren (Babylon)
Best Editing
David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin and Ian Silverstein (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn (The Fabelmans)
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa (Elvis)
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Production Design
Katie Byron (Don't Worry Darling)
Rick Carter (The Fabelmans)
Rick Heinrichs (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Jason Kisvarday (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Florencia Martin (Babylon)
Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Catherine Martin and Rachelle Mejia (Elvis)
Marci Rodgers (Till)
Mary Zophres (Babylon)
Best Sound Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Bullet Train
Elvis
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Use of Music
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Tar
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best Ensemble
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
Women Talking
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild
Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Navalny
Wildcat
Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Close
Decision to Leave
Happening
RRR
Best Comedic Performance
Nicolas Cage (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent)
Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train)
Brad Pitt (Bullet Train)
Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
Breakthrough Artist Award
Jessie Buckley (Women Talking)
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Anna Diop (Nanny)
Taylor Russell (Bones and All)
Best Youth Performance (for a performer under the age of 16)
Jalyn Hall (Till)
Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone)
Banks Repeta (Armageddon Time)
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja (After Yang)
Jaylin Webb (Armageddon Time)